Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at ETSU

At East Tennessee State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 85.93%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.31%, and the 2024 yield is 25.00%.

The number of ETSU applicants increased by 3.06% (294 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 85.93%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.00% at East Tennessee State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.93% and women students' rate is 86.09%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at East Tennessee State University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	86.49%	85.90%	86.89%
2014-15	91.74% 5.25%	91.23% 5.33%	92.11% 5.22%
2015-16	79.22% -12.52%	80.01% -11.22%	78.67% -13.44%
2016-17	91.64% 12.42%	89.16% 9.14%	93.27% 14.60%
2017-18	85.47% -6.17%	85.44% -3.71%	85.47% -7.79%
2018-19	87.13% 1.66%	87.58% 2.14%	86.86% 1.38%
2019-20	85.93% -1.20%	87.47% -0.11%	85.07% -1.79%
2020-21	78.38% -7.55%	79.53% -7.94%	77.80% -7.26%
2021-22	87.00% 8.62%	86.99% 7.46%	88.00% 10.20%
2022-23	85.26% -1.74%	85.98% -1.01%	84.88% -3.12%
2023-24	87.00% 1.74%	85.99% 0.01%	88.01% 3.12%
Average	85.93%	85.93%	86.09%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.31% where the current academic year yield is 25.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at East Tennessee State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.07%	48.76%	44.24%
2014-15	42.65% -3.42%	45.56% -3.20%	40.52% -3.73%
2015-16	30.58% -12.08%	33.90% -11.66%	28.23% -12.29%
2016-17	30.12% -0.45%	32.25% -1.65%	28.79% 0.56%
2017-18	29.36% -0.76%	33.28% 1.03%	27.02% -1.77%
2018-19	28.32% -1.04%	30.19% -3.09%	27.18% 0.16%
2019-20	26.98% -1.34%	30.15% -0.04%	25.00% -2.18%
2020-21	24.25% -2.73%	27.03% -3.11%	22.67% -2.33%
2021-22	24.99% 0.74%	28.00% 0.96%	23.01% 0.33%
2022-23	25.09% 0.10%	27.71% -0.29%	23.68% 0.67%
2023-24	25.00% -0.09%	27.00% -0.71%	23.99% 0.31%
Average	30.31%	33.08%	28.58%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,791, the average number of admitted is 6,668, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,941.

The number of ETSU applicants increased by 3.06% (294 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at East Tennessee State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,721	4,083	1,881
2014-15	5,252 11.25%	4,818 18.00%	2,055 9.25%
2015-16	8,253 57.14%	6,538 35.70%	1,999 -2.73%
2016-17	6,832 -17.22%	6,261 -4.24%	1,886 -5.65%
2017-18	8,169 19.57%	6,982 11.52%	2,050 8.70%
2018-19	8,009 -1.96%	6,978 -0.06%	1,976 -3.61%
2019-20	7,704 -3.81%	6,620 -5.13%	1,786 -9.62%
2020-21	8,686 12.75%	6,808 2.84%	1,651 -7.56%
2021-22	8,563 -1.42%	7,450 9.43%	1,862 12.78%
2022-23	9,609 12.22%	8,193 9.97%	2,056 10.42%
2023-24	9,903 3.06%	8,616 5.16%	2,154 4.77%
Average	7,791	6,668	1,941

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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